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Prosecutors are charging a Santa Clarita Valley teen with four counts in connection with an alleged assault outside West Ranch High School.
Prosecutors are charging a Santa Clarita Valley teen with four counts in connection with an alleged assault outside West Ranch High School.

Santa Clarita Valley Teen Charged With Assault Near West Ranch

Prosecutors are charging a Santa Clarita Valley teen with four counts in connection with an alleged assault outside West Ranch High School.


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 Prosecutors are charging a Santa Clarita Valley teen with four counts in connection with an alleged assault outside West Ranch High School.

A 17-year-old student denied the charges in juvenile court, which is essentially a “not guilty plea,” according to District Attorney’s Office spokesman.

The teen — whose identity is not being released because he’s a minor — is accused of two felonies, “assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury” and “driving or taking a vehicle without consent,” and two misdemeanors.

The lesser charges are reckless driving and hit and run driving resulting in property damage.

The attack reportedly occurred around 9 a.m. April 24, when a student allegedly took a car without permission, assaulted a woman and then drove away, “dragging an occupant of the vehicle approximately 30 feet, as she attempted to exit,” according to Sheriff’s Department records.

The occupant of the vehicle struck her head when she fell while exiting the vehicle. The female victim sustained a laceration above her eye.

The juvenile was detained and transported to a juvenile detention center by responding deputy personnel.

The attack happened just outside West Ranch High School on a Friday, according to Sheriff’s Department records.

The teen suspect is due back in court May 19.

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Santa Clarita Valley Teen Charged With Assault Near West Ranch

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Perry Smith is a print and broadcast journalist who has won several awards for his focused, hyperlocal community coverage in several different regions of the country. In addition to five years of experience covering the Santa Clarita Valley, Smith, a San Fernando Valley native, has worked in newspapers and news websites in Los Angeles, the Northwest, the Central Valley and the South, before coming to KHTS in 2012. To contact Smith, email him at Perry@hometownstation.com.